Parent taxon: Mammaliaformes according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
See also Averianov and Lopatin 2011, Butler and Sigogneau-Russel 2016, Gambaryan and Averianov 2001, McKenna 1975 and Sigogneau-Russell 1983
Sister taxa: Adelobasileus, Amphilestheria, Bocaconodon, Docodonta, Hadrocodium, Haramiyida, Kuehneotheriidae, Mammalia, Sinoconodon
Subtaxa: Bridetherium Cherwellia Cifellilestes Hallautherium Megazostrodontidae Morganucodontidae Paceyodon Purbeckodon Storchodon Stylidens
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Jurassic of China (3), Germany (1), India (2), Lesotho (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (10), United States (2: Arizona, Utah)
• Triassic of France (2), Greenland (1), India (1), Luxembourg (2), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 31 collections including 51 occurrences